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270570465The Spirit of the LawsBook written by Montesquieu which was a comparative study of republics, monarchies, and despotism0
270570466Congress of Viennaconservative, reactionary meeting, led by prince metternich, restore europe to prerevolution time1
270570467Revolutions of 1848Democratic and nationalist revolutions that swept across Europe. The monarchy in France was overthrown. In Germany, Austria, Italy, and Hungary the revolutions failed. (p. 595)2
270570468Simon BolivarVenezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule3
270570469Estates GeneralThe French national assembly summoned in 1789 to remedy the financial crisis and correct abuses of the ancien regime.4
270570470Olympe de Gougesfrench journalist who demanded equal rights for women5
270570471John LockeEnglish empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)6
270570472Louis XVI and Marie Antoinettequeen and king during the French Revolution, Marie was Austrian (French hate Austrians) lived a spoiled, lavish lifestyle when the rest of France was starving7
270570473Maximilien Robespierre"The incorruptable;" the leader of the bloodiest portion of the French Revolution. He set out to build a republic of virtue.8
270570474Napoleon BonaparteFrench general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)9
270570475Declaration of the Rights of ManStatement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.10
270570476Ancien Regimea political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)11
270570477National AsJacobins-kills king -committee of public safety12
270570478DirectoryGroup of five men who served as liaisons between Robespierre and the Assembly. Overthrown by Napoleon.13
270570479Civil CodeNapoleonic Code; this code preserved most of the gains of the revolution by recognizing the principle of the equality of all citizens before the law, and ect.14

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